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Louisville’s bad week got even worse, much worse, Tuesday night when it fell heartbreakingly in a 61-60 home loss to Appalachian State in one of the most painful ways imaginable.
The Cardinals fell 61-60 to the Mountaineers and never led the game. However, they gave themselves a fighting chance by cutting the lead to one point in the final minute. Louisville then got a big look at a go-ahead bucket at the buzzer, which fell but arrived just after the final buzzer.
The loss continued what has been a grief-filled week in Louisville after losing a head-to-head recruiting battle to rival Kentucky for No. 2 overall prospect DJ Wagner.
Louisville, under first-year coach Kenny Payne, falls to 0-3 on the season with the loss, marking the first time it has lost each of its first three home games in a season since 1940, a year it opened with losses to Kentucky. Wesleyan, Evansville and Transylvania, and the first time it has opened a season 0-3 since 1986. The loss follows two other shock losses to Bellarmine and Wright State to open the season after Louisville was favored by at least five points in each one.
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